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 St. John*8, NewfpundUnd, July 9i 1803* 
 
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 J[t is with extreme concern I have the honour 
 to inform you of the total lofs of his Maje(ly*8 
 Packet Lady Hobart, under my command, on 
 the morning of the a 8th June, at fea, in lat. 
 46*^33' north, and long. 44^00' weft from Green- 
 wich, on an ifland of ice. 
 
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 The accompanying Narrative of our proceed- 
 ings, from the time of the (hip's foundering, will, 
 I truft, be a fufficient teflimony to their Lord- 
 (hips, that no exertion on my part, or that of my 
 officers and fhip's company, was wanting, both 
 as to preferving the fhip from finking, as well as 
 the total impoflibility of faving the difpatchcs. 
 
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 The fufferlngs und hnrdniipi 'jndcrgone by us 
 all, have been indeed greater than it is poflible 
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 After remaining three dayH at Ifland Cove, the 
 place where we tiril made the land, there being 
 no medical ailiilance for the people, I embarked 
 in a fmall veflcl I hired for the purpofe, and ar- 
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 With the exception of two men and myfclf, they 
 are ilill in a mod wretched condition, and feveral 
 it is feared will lofe their toci and fingers. As 
 foon as they are in a ftate to be moved, I intend 
 proceeding from hence in a fchooner to Halifax, 
 with a view to obtain a paHagc in one of the 
 Packets, as there arc no vctTeb about to fail from 
 hence for England, and none that could accom- 
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 Brigadier-general Skerritt has been To kind as 
 to give us quarters in the garrifon, and has iilued 
 rations for our fupport, as well as maintenance to 
 Halifax, at the expenfe of Government, for which 
 I fhall give receipts. ; ,.i WW ; . .. «»'- 
 
 I ihould be wanting in gratitude were I not to 
 make particular mention of the kind and humane 
 attentions we have all experienced from General 
 Skerritt, the officers of the garrifon, and many of 
 the inhabitants of St. John's. ' ' >. " '' 
 
 1 have the honour to Vemalin 
 Your moft obedient Servant, 
 
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 Dear Sir, 
 
 Having laid your afFe<51ing and interefling 
 Narrative before my Lords the Poflmaflcr Ge- 
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 ^ I aflure you 1 ei^er fully into all their Lord- 
 fliipB* feelings for your pad fufiferiDgs, and enter- 
 tain the fame fen(e of your patience, fortitude, 
 and perfeverance ; and I beg you to believe I have 
 pleafure in witnefling the promotion which has 
 fo quickly fucceeded the moment of your diffi- 
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 My Lords cannot fail to take into their fa- 
 vourable coniideration the very meritorious con- 
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 Believe roe with great regard. 
 
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 ! '/(^ ' Ypyrs mofl faithfully, 
 
 Captain Fellowes, F. Freeling. 
 
 We have perufed this Report with a mixed 
 fentiment of fympathy and admiration. We are 
 fatisfied, that in the lofs of the Packet and of the 
 public correfpondence, no blame is imputable to 
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 men. In their exertion after the fhip had Aruck 
 on the floating mafs of ice, and in their fubie* 
 quent condutt^ thfcy appear to have fhewn all 
 the talents and virtues which can didinguifh the 
 naval c]3ara<Sicr. : ,::;.;i/' >> ^"j^''/'' :;i'^ " 
 
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 Let a proper letter be written in otir names to 
 the friends and fannfily of the "i^ery worthy French 
 officer who perifhed. And we fhall be folicitous 
 to learn the entire recovery of the other paflen- 
 gers, who met fuch dangers and fufFerings with 
 the moft exemplary fortitude. 
 
 Mr. Freeling will return the Narrative to Cap- 
 tain Fellowcs, with our permiffion to him \o 
 communicate it to his friends ; or, if he (hall 
 think proper, to give it to the public. It cannot 
 fail to imprefs on the minds of all who may read 
 it, the benefit of religion and the confolation of 
 prayer under the preflTure of calamity ; and alfo 
 an awful fenfe of the interpofition and mercies 
 of Providence, in a cafe of extreme peril and 
 diftrefs. To ieamen it will more cfpecially Ihevv 
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 temper, mutual benevolence, and patient exer- 
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 With refpedl to Captain Fellowes, we feel 
 highly gratified in having it in our power {o 
 immediately to give to him a promotion, which 
 we have reafon to believe will be particularly ac- 
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 NARRATIVE, 
 
 Un the zadof June 1803, we failed from Hali- 
 fax for England, fleering a courfc to the fouth- 
 ward and caflward, to clear Sable Ifland. On 
 the 24th, hauled to the northward, to pafs over 
 the northern part of the Great Bank of Newfound- 
 land, with the intention to keep well to the 
 northward, that wc might thereby avoid the 
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 On the a6th, at feven A. M. being then on the 
 Grand Bank, in lat. 44*'37', and long. 51*' 20' 
 weft. Cape Race bearing N. N. W. | W. 128 
 miles diftant, difcovered a large fchooner under 
 French colours, ftanding towaids us, with her 
 deck full of men. From her manner of bearing 
 down upon us, we concluded Ihe had been ap- 
 
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 prized of the war, and that ihe took us for a 
 merchant brig. Cleared (hip for a<Slion. At 
 eight being within range of our guns^ fired a 
 ihot at her, when ihe flruck her colours. Sent 
 on board and took pofleffion of the veffel ; Ihe 
 proved to be I'Aimable Julie, of Port Liberte, of 
 eighty tons burden, new and ftrong built, bound 
 thither from the ifland of St. Pierre, laden with 
 fait fifh, and rommanded by Citizen Charles 
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 After taking out her captain and crew, I gave 
 the prize in charge to Lieutenants John Little, 
 and William Hughes, of his Majefty's navy 
 (who were paflengers in the Lady Hobart, and 
 who Tioft handfomely volunteered their fervices): 
 with them I fent two of our own feamen, and 
 two prifoners, to affift in navigating the prize. 
 At ten A. M. faw two fchooners ahead ; fired a 
 gun, and brought them to : on finding them to 
 be Ei^glifli, and bound to St. John's, I divided 
 the French prifoners between them, excepting 
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 Tuefday^ i%th June. — Blowing bard from the 
 wcftward, with a heavy fea and hazy weather, 
 with intervals of thick, fog. About one in the 
 morning, the fhip then going by the log at the 
 rate of feven miles ai) hour, flruck againft an 
 ifland of ice, with fuch violence, that feveral of 
 the crew were pitched out of their hammocks. 
 Being roufed out of my Jleep by thefuddennefs of iht 
 Jhocky I inftantly ran upon deck. The helm be- 
 ing put hard a-port, the Ihip (Iruck again about 
 the cheft-tree, and then fwung round on her heel, 
 her ftern-poft being flove in, and her rudder 
 carried away, before we could fucceed in our at- 
 tempts to haul her off. At this time the ifland 
 of ice appeared to hang quite over the ftiip, 
 forming a high peak, which muft have been 
 at leaft twice the height of our maft head ; and 
 we fuppofe the length of the ifland to have been 
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 The Tea was now breaking over the ice in a 
 dreadful manner^ the water ruihing in To (aft as 
 to fill the hold in a few minutes. Hove the 
 guns overboard, cut away the anchors from the 
 bows, got two fails under the fhip's bottom, 
 kept both pumps going, and baling with buckets 
 at the main-hatchway, in the hope of preventing 
 her from finking ; but in lefs than a quarter of an 
 hour fhe fettled down to her fore-chains in 
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 Our fituation was now become moft perilous. 
 Aware of the danger of a moment's delay in hoitl« 
 ing out the boats, I confulted Captain Thomas 
 of the navy, and Mr. Bargus, my mafter, as to the 
 propriety of making any further efforts to fave the 
 ihip; and as I was anxious to preferve the mail, 
 I requefted their opinion as to the poflibility of 
 taking it into the boats in the event of our being 
 able to get them over the fhip's lide. Thelc 
 gentlemen agreed with me, that no time was to 
 be loll in hoifting them out; and that, as the vef- 
 fel was then fettling faft, our firft and only con- 
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 And here I mufl; pay that tribute of praile 
 vrhich i\^ fteady difcipline and good condudt of 
 every one on board fo juftly merit. From the 
 firtl moment of the fhip's firiking, not a word 
 was uttered expreflive of a dcfire to leave the 
 wreck: my orders were promptly obeyed ; and 
 though the danger of perifhing was every inilant 
 incrcafing, each man waited for his turn to get 
 into the boats with a coolnefs and compofure 
 that could not be furpaifed. 
 
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 Having fortunately fucceeded in hoifling out 
 the cutter and jolly-boat, the fea then running 
 high, we placed the ladies in the former. One 
 of them, Mifs Cotenham, was fo terrified, that 
 ihe fprung from the gunwale, and pitched into 
 the bottom of the boat with coniiderable vio- 
 lence. This accident, which might have been 
 productive of fatal confequences to herfelf, as 
 well as to us all, was unattended by any bad 
 effe^s. The few provifions which had been 
 faved from the men's births were then put into 
 the boats, which were quickly veered atlern. 
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 cd : I then ordered my men into the boats, and 
 having previoufly lafhed iron pigs of ballad to 
 the mail, it was thrown overboard. JL^ 
 
 I now perceived the fhip was finking faft ; I 
 called out to the men to haul up and receive me^ 
 intending to drop myfelf into the cutter from 
 the end of the tryfail boom, fearing fl^e might 
 be ftove under the counter ; and I defired Mr. 
 Bargus, who continued with me on the wreck, 
 to go over lirfl:. In this inftance he replied, 
 that he begged leave to difobey my orders ; that 
 he muft fee me fafe over before he attempted to 
 go himfelf. Such condudl;, and at fuch a mo- 
 ment, requires no comment; but I fhould be 
 wanting to myfelf, and to the fervicc, if I did 
 not faithfully flate to their Lordftiips every cir- 
 cumflance, however trifling: and it is highly 
 fatisfadlory to me to have this opportunity of re- 
 cording an incident fo honourable to a merito- 
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 hoifted out the boats, that I fcarcely flattered 
 myfelf we (hould get them out in fafety ; and 
 indeed, nothing but the ileady and orderly con- 
 dudl of the crew could have enabled us to efFecb 
 fo difficult and hazardous an undertaking: and 
 it is a jufiice to them to obfervc, that not a man 
 in the fhip attempted to make ufe of the liquor, 
 which every one had in his power. Whilft the 
 cutter was gettmg out, 1 perceived one of the 
 feamen (John Tipper) emptying a demijean, or 
 bottle, containing five gallons, which, on in* 
 quiry, I found to be rum. He faid that he was 
 emptying it for the purpofe of filling it with 
 water from the fcuttle calk on the quarter deck, 
 which had been generally filled over night, and 
 which was then the only frefh water to be got at : 
 it became afterwards our principal fipply. I 
 relate this circumftance as being {o highly credit- 
 able to the charader of a Britifh failor. 
 
 We had fcarce quitted the fhip, when fh? fud- 
 denly gave a heavy lurch to port, and then went 
 down head foremoft. I I had ordered the colours 
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 with the union downwards, as a iignal of dif- 
 trcfs, that if any veifel ihould happen to be 
 near to us at the dawn of day, our calamitous 
 fituation might be perceived from her, and fhc 
 night afford us relief. 
 
 At this awful crifis of the (hip finking, when 
 it is natural to fuppofe that fear would be the 
 predominant principle of the human mind, the 
 coolnefs of a Briti(h feaman was very confpicu- 
 oufly manifeAed by his (John Andrews) ex- 
 claiming, " There, my brave fellows, there goes 
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 I cannot attempt to defcribe my own feelings, 
 or the fenfations of my people. Expofed as we 
 were in two fmall open boats upon the great 
 Atlantic Ocean, bereft of all affiftance, but that 
 which our own exertions, under Providence, 
 could afford us, we narrowly efcapcd being fwal« 
 lowed up in the vortex. Men ufod to viciffitudes 
 are not calily dcjedled; but there are trials 
 wlrtcK human nature alone cannot furmount. 
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 a reliance upon a good Providence, enabled U9 
 to endure our calamity ; and we animated each 
 other witii the hope of a better fate. 
 
 ^^\^ While we were employed in deliberating about 
 our future arrangements, a curious circumstance 
 occurred, which, as it was productive of conit* 
 derable uneaiinefs to us all, deferves to be par- 
 ticularly mentioned here : at the moment when 
 the (hip was linking, ihe was furrounded by 
 what Teamen term a fchool, or an incalculable 
 number of whales, which can only be accounted 
 for by their being known, at this particular fea^^ 
 fon, to take a* diredlion for the coaft of New- 
 foundland, in queft of a fmall fifh, called Cape- 
 land, which they devour. We were extremely 
 apprehenfive, from their near approach to the 
 boats, that they might Arike and materially dft« 
 mage them ; firequent inftances having occurred 
 in that filhery of boats being cut in twain by 
 the violence of a lingle blow from a whale : we 
 therefore ihouted, and ufed every effort to drive 
 them away, but without efle^ ; they continued, 
 as it then ibemed, to purfue us, and remained 
 
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 about the boats for the fpace of half an hour« 
 when, thank God! they difappcared without 
 having done us any injury, ,, ,, ; ,„?, ,; ,, . ; , 
 
 ' Having at length furmounted dangers and dif- 
 ficulties which hMe all deicription, we rigged 
 the foremall, and prepared to fhape our courfe 
 in the beft manner that ctrcumllances would 
 admit of, the wind blowing from the precife 
 point on which it wutt ncceiniiy to Tail, to reach 
 the neareA land. An hour had fcarcely elapfcd 
 from the time the ihip ilruck, till ihe foundered. 
 The ditlribution of the crew had already been 
 ' made in the following ordcri which we after^ 
 wards preferred, ;i,,,, ,, » ; 
 
 >. In the cutter, of the following dimenfions, viz. 
 twenty feet lung, fix feet four inches broad, and 
 two feet iix inchen deep, were embarked three 
 ladies and myfclf} Capt. Kichard Thomas, of 
 the navy; the French commander of the 
 fchooner; the mader's mate, gunner, fleward, 
 carpenter, and eight fcainen { in all eighteen 
 people; which, together with iha provifions^ 
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 brought the boat's gunwale dowa to within fix 
 or feven inches of the water. From this con-' 
 Uned fpace) fome idea may be formed of out 
 crowded ftate ; but it is fcarcely poffible for the 
 imagination to conceive the extent of our fufFer- 
 ings inconfequence of it. - : r v h ru oHT 
 
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 d ;/,'.' flir/fri]:. 
 
 ■ In the jblly-boat, fourteen feet frotitt ftem id 
 flern) five feet three inches broad^ and two feet 
 deep^ were embarked^ Mr. Samuel Ba|*gus, ma£t 
 tcr; Lieut. Col. George Cookej^Aof ; the lA ifeg* 
 of guards ; the boatfwaih, failmaker, and fcven 
 feamen ; in all eleven pcrfons. o i ii ,iiiydiii) 
 
 f]u:' 
 
 ' ■-'"■);". ''iff "O 
 
 ^ The ohly provifions we were eniabled to fare 
 conilfted of between forty and fifty pounds of 
 bifcuiti one demijean, or veifel, containing five 
 gallons of water; a fmall jug of the fame/ atid 
 part of a fmall barrel of fpruce beer ; one demi- 
 jcan of rum, a few bottles of port wine, with 
 two compafTes, a quadrant, a fpy-glafs, a fmall 
 tin mug, and a wine-glafs. The deck lantern, 
 which had a few fpare candles in it, had been 
 likewife thrown into the boat, and the cook 
 
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 hating had the precaution io fecure his tinder* 
 box, and fome matches that were kept in a 
 bladder, we were afterwards enabled to fleer 
 bj night. 
 
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 The wind was now blowing firong from the 
 weftwardy with a heavy Tea, and the day had juft 
 dkwned. Eftimating ourfelves to be at the diftance 
 of 350 miles from St. John's, in Newfoundland^ 
 witha profpedtof aoontinuanceof weilerlywinds, 
 it became at once neceifary to uie the firidlei^ 
 economy. I reprefented to my companions in 
 diftrefs, that our refblution, once made, ought 
 on no account to be changed ; and that we muft 
 be^ by fuf!ering privations, which I forefiiw 
 would be greater than I ventured to explain. 
 To each perfon, therefore, were fervcd out half 
 a bifcnit, and a glals of wine, which was the 
 only allowance for the enfuing twent3^four 
 hours, all agreeing to leave the water untouched 
 as long as poflible. During the time we were 
 employed in getting out the boats, I had or* 
 dered the mafler to throw the main hatch tar- 
 pauling into the cutter ; which being afterwards 
 
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 cut into lengths, enabled us to form a tempo- 
 rary bulwark againft the wares. I had alio re- 
 minded the carpenter to carry with him ai many 
 tools as he could : he had accordingly, among 
 other things, put a few nails in his pockets, and 
 we repaired the gunwale of the cutter, which 
 had been Aove in hoiding her out. Soon after 
 daylight we made fail, with the jolly-boat in 
 tow, and flood clofe hauled to the northward 
 and wed ward, in the hope of readiing thecoafi 
 of Newfoundland, or of being picked up by 
 fome veilel. Failed two iflands of ice, nearly 
 as large as the firfi. We now faid prayers, and 
 returned thanks to God for our deliverance. At 
 noon, obferved in lat. 46° 33' north ; St. John's 
 bearing about W. | N. difiant 350 miles. -^^ . 
 
 Wednefd»fi June 29.^This day was uihered 
 in with light variable winds from the fouthward 
 and eailward. We had paflcd a long and fleep- 
 lefs night, and I found myfelf, at the dawn of 
 day, with twenty-eight perfons looking up to 
 mc with anxiety for the dire»5tion of our courfe, 
 as well as for the diftribution of their fcanty 
 
 
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 allowance^ On examining oar provifions, we 
 found the bag of bifcuit much damaged by fait 
 water; it therefore became neceiTary to curtail 
 the allowance, to which precaution all cheer^' 
 fully ailented* ni ^l)f.fi •.•/•:; <; .?■ • ,<:5|(,(.'l! iii^iu 
 
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 '. It was at this moment that I became more 
 alive to all the horrors of our iituation. We all 
 returned thanks for our pad mercies, and offered 
 up praycfs for our fafety* :.H? /li ,hii;wl: .-/v bm, 
 \ • i. ' ' ' • • •' V) ..J ,htM:\\:niU' ,■• ''' ': ., 
 V A thick fog foon after came' oh ; it' continued 
 all day with heavy rain, which as we had no 
 means of colledling, alTordcd us no relief. Our 
 crowded and expofed iituation was now ren- 
 dered more diftreiling, from being thoroughly 
 wet, no one having been permilted to take 
 more than a great coat or a blanket, with the 
 clothes on his back. ' itw iM.jhs/ Uh^'J. riliv j . 
 
 Kept the oars in both boats going conftantly, 
 and fleering at W. N. W. courfe. — All hands 
 anxioufly looking out for a ftrange fail. At 
 noon ferved a quarter of a bifcuit and a glafs 
 
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 of rum to each perfon. St. John's bore W. by N. 
 } N. diHant 310 miles. No obfervation. One 
 of the ladies again read prayers to us, particu- 
 larly thofe for delivery after a florm, and thofc 
 for fafety at fca. 
 
 1.' 
 
 ThurfJay^ June 30. — At daybreak we were all 
 & benumbed with wet and extreme cold, that 
 half a glafs of rum, and a mouthful of bifcuit, 
 were ferved out to each perfon : the ladies, who 
 had hitherto refufed to talre the fpirits, were 
 now prevailed upon to take the flatcd allow- 
 ance, which afforded them immediate relief, 
 and enabled them the better to refill the fcverity 
 of the weather. The fea was moflly calm, with 
 thick fog and fleet ; the air raw and cold : wc 
 had kept at our oars all night, and we conti- 
 nued to row during the whole of this day. The 
 jolly-boat having unfortunately put off from the 
 Ihip with only three oars, and having but a 
 fmall fail, converted into a forefail from a top- 
 gallant fleeringfail, without needles or twine, 
 wc were obliged to keep her conftantly in tow. 
 T^ljp cutter ajfp liavifig, loft two of her oars in 
 
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( »4 ) 
 
 filing out, was now fo deep in the water, 
 that with the leaft Tea ihe made little way, (b 
 that we were not enabled to profit much b^ the 
 light winds. -^ 
 
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 Some one from the jolly-boat called out that 
 there wa:* part of a cold ham, which had not 
 been difcovcred before: a fmall bit, about the 
 fize of a nutmeg, was immediately ferved otit 
 to each perfon, and the remainder was thrown 
 overboard, as I was fearful of its increaiing our 
 thirft, which we had not the means of ai^ 
 
 fiiaging. 
 
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 At noon we judged ourTelves to be on the 
 north-eaftern edge of the Grand Bank, St. 
 John's bearing W. by N. | N. diHant a^6 
 miles. No obfervation.' Ferformed divine 
 
 fervice. 
 
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 Friday, July t. ^Daring the jgreater part of 
 the laft twenty- four hours it blew a hard gale 
 of wind from the weft-ibuth-weil, with a heavy 
 confufed Tea from the fame quarter -, thick fi>g 
 
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 and fleet throughout ; the weather excedively 
 cold, for the fpray of the fea freezing as it flew 
 over the boats, rendered our iitualion truly de- 
 plorable. It was at this time that we all felt a 
 moft painful depreffion of fpirits : the want of 
 nourifhinent, and the continued cold and wet 
 weather, had rendered us almofi; incapable of 
 cxjTi n. The very confined fpace in the boat 
 woi f^ ' ot allow of our ftretching our limbs; 
 and feveral of the men, whofe feet were conli- 
 derably fwelled, repeatedly called out for water. 
 On my reminding them of the refolution we had 
 made, and of thR ahfolnte neceflity of our per- 
 fevering in it, they acknowledged the jufiice 
 and propriety of my refufal to comply with their 
 defire, and the water remained untouched. 
 
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 At the commencement of the gale we ftood 
 to the northward and weftward ; but the cutter 
 was fo low in the water, and had (hipped fo 
 much fea, that we were obliged to caft off the 
 jolly-boat's tow-rope, and we very foon loft light 
 of her in the fog. This unlucky circumft%nce 
 was produ(51;ive of the utmoft diHrcfs to us alL 
 
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 Wc had beenrouied to exertion from a double 
 motive ; and the uncertainty of our ever meeting 
 ^gain the companions of our misfortunes^ pro- 
 jduced in us the moO; lively afHidion. To add 
 to the/mifory of our iituation, we loA with the 
 boat not only a confiderable part of oiinr (lores, 
 (but with them our quadrant and fpy-glafs. At 
 about four A. M. the gale increafing, with a 
 prodigious heavy Tea, we brought the cutter to 
 by heaving the boat's fail loofe over the bow, 
 and veering it out with a rope bent to each yard- 
 arm, which kept her head to the fea, fo as to 
 break its force before it rear.hed iis. n:. ,-•'■' 
 
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 In the courie of this day there were repeated 
 exclamations of a flrange fail, although I knew 
 it was next to an impoffibility to difcern any 
 thing, owing to the thicknefs of the fog ; yet 
 tliey were urged from the feveral feamen with 
 fiich apparent certainty of their objecSV, that I 
 was induced to put the boat before the wind to 
 convince them of their error ; and as I then faw 
 in a very firong point of view the confequences 
 p^ fuch deviations, I took occafion to remoB- 
 
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 flrate with them upon the fubjedl ; I reprcfentcd 
 with all the force of « '>i'"^ t was capable, that 
 the depreffion ariflng Iroi lifappoifitment infi- 
 nitely overbalanced the momentary relict pro- 
 ceeding from fuch delulive expeclation, and I 
 exhorted them not to allow fuch fancies to break 
 out into expreffion. Under all thefe circum- 
 ilances, the ladies particularly, with a hcroifm 
 that no words can defcribe, afforded to us the 
 befl: examples of patience and fortitude. 
 
 il 
 
 We all joined in prayers, which tranquillized 
 our minds, and afforded us the confulatory hope 
 qf bettering our condition : on thefe occa lions 
 we were all bare-headed, notwitliflanding the 
 inceffant fhowers. At noon St. Joiin's bore 
 W. by N. I N. diftant 148 miles. No obler- 
 v^tion. 
 
 Saturday, July 2. — rit rained hard Jqring the 
 night, and the cold became fo feverc, that al- 
 moil every one in the boat was unahlc to move* 
 Our hands and feet were {o Iwelled, that n^any 
 qf them became quite black, owing to our con- 
 iined fta^e, and the conflant expolhre to wet 
 
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 and cold weather. At daybreak i fc;rvcd out 
 about the third of a wine-glafs of rum to each 
 perfon, with a quarter of a bifcuit, and before 
 noon a fmall quantity of fpruce beer, which 
 afforded us great relief. ■ f 'f; .'•■■■' , 
 
 During the firft part of this day, it blew itr^ng 
 from the fouthward and weft ward, with foggy 
 weather ; towards noon, moderate breezes from 
 the northward and eaflward. ' v 
 
 At half paft eleven A. M. a fail was difco- 
 vered to the eaftward, flanding to the north- 
 weft. Our joy at fuch a iight, with the imme- 
 diate hope of deliverance, gave us all new life. 
 I immediately ordered the people to lit as clofe 
 as pofliblc, to prevent our having the appear- 
 ance of being an armed boat ; and having tied 
 a lady's (hawl to the boat-hook, I raifed myfelf 
 as well as I could, and, from the bow, waved 
 it as long as my ftrength would allow me. 
 Having hauled clofe to the wind, we ncared 
 each other faft, and in lefs than a quarter of an 
 hour we perceived the jolly-boat. Our not 
 
 

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 having recognifed her fooncr, was owing to an 
 additional fail having been made for her, out of 
 one of my bed fliects, which had been acci- 
 dentally thrown into the boat, and was fet as a 
 bonnet to the forefail. 
 
 I cannot attempt to defcribe the various fcn- 
 fations of joy and difappointment, which were 
 by turns expreiTed on all our countenances. As 
 fbon as we approached the jolly-hoat, we threw 
 out to her a tow-rope, and bore away to the 
 north- weft. ^ . 
 
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 We now mutually inquired into the ftate of 
 our re<pe61ive crews, after the late dreadful gale: 
 thofe in the jolly-boat had fuflfered from fwelled 
 hands and feet, like ourfelves, and had under- 
 gone great anxiety on our account, concluding us 
 to have perifhed. The moft lingular circura- 
 flance was, their having fteered two nights with- 
 out any light ; and our meeting again after fuch 
 tempeftuous weather, could not have happened 
 but from the interpoiition of Providence. Fear- 
 ing a limilar accident, we made a more equal 
 
 ill 
 
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 diilrtbution of our provifion ; and having re- 
 ceived from the jolly-boat two bottles of wine 
 and Tome bifcuit, wc gave theni fome rum in 
 
 return. 
 
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 Qur hopes of deliverance had now been buoyed 
 up to the highed pitch. The excitement arifing 
 from our joy began perceptibly to lofe its effc<Sl ; 
 and to a flate of artificial flrcngth fuccecded fuch 
 a defpondency, that no entreaty, nor argument, 
 could roufe fome of the men even to the common 
 exertions of making fail. 
 
 i'.j. 
 
 Tq the French Captain, and feveral of the 
 people vvho appeared to have fuffered mofl, I 
 now, for the ^rft time, ferved out a wine glaft 
 full of watef., I had earneftly cautioned the 
 crew not to taflp the fait water, but fome of the 
 unhappy men h^d, nevertliclefs, taken largo 
 draughts of it, and became delirious ; fome were 
 fcizcd with violent cramps, apd twitching of the 
 Homach and bowels. I again* took occation to 
 point out to the rcli of them \\\c extreme danger 
 of fuch indifcrctioi]. ,, .m >b!j. f.i' ' 
 
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( 3' ) 
 
 Performed divine fervicc. At noon St. John'* 
 bore W. by N. | N. diilant no miles. No ob- 
 iervation of the fun. 
 
 Sunday, 3. — The cold, wet, hunger, and thirft 
 which we now experienced, are not to be de- 
 fcribed, and made our lituation very deplorable. 
 'At eight P. M. having a ftrong breeze from tlw 
 fouthward, we flood on under all the canvafs we 
 could fpread, the jolly-boat following in our wake, 
 and pulling her oars to keep up with us. The; 
 French Captain, who for fome days had laboured 
 under a defpondency which admitted of no con- 
 folation, jumped overboard in a fit of delirium, 
 and inflantly funk. The cutter at this time was 
 going through the water To fafl, and the oars 
 being lafhed to the gunwale, it would have been 
 impoflible to attempt to fave him, even had 
 he floated. One of the other prifoncrs in the 
 jolly-boat became fo outrageous, that it was 
 found neceflary to laih him to the bottom of the 
 boat. 
 
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 The melancholy (vtia of the poor dptaln, 
 whom I had learnt to cAcem, affedted me at 
 firft more fcnfibly, perhaps, than any other per- 
 Ibn ; for on the day on which I was making the 
 dillributiou in the l)oat», and was confidering in 
 which I ihould pUicc him, he came to me with 
 tears in his cyen, to implore mc not to leave him 
 to periOi with the wreck i I alFurcd him that I 
 never had entertained luclt an idea ; that as I had 
 been the accidcnliil csmCts of his misfortunes, I 
 would endeavour to tntike his lituation as eafy as 
 I could, and that, m we were all expofed to the 
 fame danger, we would Airvivc or perifli to- 
 gether. This aflurance, and the hope of being 
 ipeedily ext hanged, if ever we reached the land, 
 operated fur a while in quieting bis mind; but 
 his f< rtitudc fuon forfook him, and the raw 
 fpirits to which he had not been accntlomed, pro- 
 ducing in him the mod dreadful intoxicating ef- 
 fe«5ls, hurried on the fatal event. 
 
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 We were all dtvply afTecJtlcd by this circum- 
 ftance ; the mod trifling accident or difappoint- 
 ment was fuflicient to render 4»ur irritable Hat^ 
 
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 fliUHiepfiliiAil; And l^^^^^^ ^jyill^ fugh meUnt. 
 choly, that I loft all recolkdlion of my iituatio^ 
 for many hours ; a violent fhiverlng had feized 
 me, which returned at intervals ; and as I had 
 riBfuiibd all rufi^nanci?, my flgte WM very alarmi^ 
 iflg : towards night I enjoyed) for the iirft tiqat^ 
 three or four hours found ile^p» (( perfpiratioii 
 came on. and 1 awok« as from a (^rpam, fre^ 
 ffom delirium, but p^iinfuily alive tp ^U the 
 
 Jwrrioirs th4 furroundcd me. . 
 ',■>'' '^ ' . . • 
 
 . The iea continued to break pver the boats fo 
 much, that thofe who had force enaogh, were 
 4)bliged to bale without intermiifion. Thofe who 
 Cit in the ftern of the cutter were fo confined, 
 that it was difficult for any one to put his hand 
 into his pocket, and the greater part of the crew 
 lay iq water upop the boat's bottom. 
 
 The return of dawn brought us no relief but 
 its light. The fun had never cheered us but once 
 during the whole of our perilous voyage ; and 
 thof^ who had a few hours of interrupted fleep, 
 
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 awoke to all the confeioufiieik of wvetchedneA 
 and mifery. 
 
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 ■^ A very heavy gale of wind caimc on from the 
 fouthward, with fo tremendous a fca,** that the 
 greateA vigilance was neceifary in managing the 
 helm, as the flighteft deviat?on would have broach- 
 ed the boats to, and confequently muft have hur- 
 ried on our deftrudion. We fcudded before it, ex- 
 pedlin^' every returning wave to overwhelm- us ^ 
 but, through the proviH^ncp nf A-lmigbfy God, we 
 weathered the Aorm, which began to abate to* 
 wards night. We had nearly run thedifiancewe 
 had fuppofed ourfelves from St. Johnfsi but, 
 owing to the thicknefs of the fog, we were pre. 
 vented from difcerning to any great extent. 
 
 Towards evening we palled feveral pieces of 
 rock-weed, and foon after Captain Thomas faw 
 the wing of a Hackdown, an aquatic bird 
 that frequents the coaft of Newfoundland, and 
 is much eaten by the fifhermen. This event 
 afforded us great hopes of our approaching the 
 
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 knd i and all hands were eagerly employed in 
 obferving what palTed the boats. About this time 
 a beautiful white bird, web-footed, and not un- 
 like a doye in fize and plumage, hovered over the 
 tnaft'head of the cutter ; and notwithftanding the 
 pitching of the boat« it frequently attempted to 
 perch on it, and continued fluttering there until 
 dark. Trifling as ttiis circumliance may appear, 
 it was conlldered by us all as a propitious 
 omen. 
 
 The impreffive manner in which it led us, 
 and returned to gladden us with its prefence, 
 awakened in us a fuperflition, to which Tailors 
 are at all times faid to be prone : we indulged 
 ourfelves on this occafion, with the moA confo* 
 latory alTurances, that the fame Hand which had 
 provided this folace to our diflreffes, would extri> 
 cate us from the danger that furrounded us. 
 
 There being every reafon to conclude ourfelves 
 well in with the land, the few that were able to 
 move« were now called upon to make a lafl ef- 
 fort to favc their lives by rowing, and taking 
 
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 sTdvantage of the little breeze we then had. It was 
 Arongly urged to them, that, if the wind (hould 
 come off the (hore in the morning, and drive us 
 to leeward, all efforts to regain it might then be 
 too late ; as, independent of our feeble date, the 
 proviiioAs, with every economy, could not laft 
 more than two days; and that the water, which 
 had as yet remained untouched (excepting in the 
 inflances before mentioned), could not hold out 
 much longer. We had now been fix days ahd 
 iiigLts, confiantly wet and cold, without any 
 other iudenance than a quarter of a bifcuit and 
 one wine-glafs of fluid for twenty-four hours. 
 The men who had appeared totally indifferent 
 as to their fate, (\immoned up refolution, and as 
 many as were capable of moving fhim the bottom 
 of the boats, applied to the oars* 
 
 Monday, 4M. As the day dawned, the fog becattie 
 fo thick, that we could not fee very far from the 
 boat. During the night we had been under the 
 neceflity of calling off the jolly-boat*s tow-rope, 
 to induce her crew to exert themlelves by row- 
 ing. We again loft light of lier, and T perceited 
 
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 that this unlucky accident was beginning to ex- 
 cite great uneafinefs among us. We were now 
 fo reduced, that the mod trifling remark, or ex- 
 clamation, agitated us very much. I therefore 
 found it necelTary to caution the people againfl 
 being deceived by the appearance of land, or 
 calling out till we were quite convinced of its 
 reality, more efpecially as fog-banks are often 
 
 miflaken for land. Several of the poor fellows, 
 
 f 
 however, repeatedly exclaimed they heard break- 
 ers, others the firing of guns ; and the founds we 
 did hear reiembled the latter fo much, that t 
 concluded fome veflel had got on Ihorc, and was 
 making iignals of diflrefs : the noife afterwards 
 proved to be the blowing of whales, of which we 
 faw a great number. . 
 
 Soon aftci daylight, the fun rofe in view for 
 the (econd time fince we quitted the wreck. It 
 IS worthy of remark, that during the period of 
 feven days, that we were in the boats, we never 
 had an opportunity of taking an obfervation, 
 either of the fun, moon, or ftars, nor of drying 
 our clothes. The fog at length beginning to dif- 
 
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 perie, we inHantly caught a glinapfe of the tanct^ 
 within a mile diflance, between Kettle G>ye and 
 Ifland Cove, in Conception Bay, fourteen leagues 
 from the harbour of St. John's. Almoft at the 
 iame moment we had the inexpreffible Satisfac- 
 tion to difcover the jolIy-boat> and a fchooner 
 in ihore {landing oif towards us* ^^ ^ 
 
 t widi it wete poftible for me to defcribe our 
 ienfations at this intertAing moment. From the 
 conflant watching and fatigue, and from the 
 languor and depreflion arifing from our exhauft- 
 ed ftate, furh accumulated irritability was 
 brought on, that the joy of a Ipecdy relief af- 
 fe<Sled us all in a mofl remarkable way : many 
 burU into tears, Tome looked at each other with 
 a Aupid flare, as if doubtful of the reality of 
 what they faw ; feveral were in fuch a lethargic 
 ^ate, that no confolation, no animating lan- 
 guage, could roufe them to exertion. 
 
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 by my own feelings, and impreflcd with the re- 
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 mAny deplorable obje6ls, I propofed to offer up 
 our folemn thanks to Heaven for our miraculouii 
 deriverance. Everyone cheerfully aflcnted j and 
 as foon as I opened the Prayer Book (which I had 
 iecured the lad time I went down to my cabin), 
 there was an univerfal lilence ; a fpirit of devo- 
 tion was fo iingularly manifefled on this occao 
 lion, that to the benefits of a religious fenfe in 
 uncultivated minds, mail be afcribed that difr 
 cipline, good order, and exertion,, which even 
 the light of land could fcarcely produce. ; ;[; 
 
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 The ffervice being over, the people req leflied 
 to have a pint of grog each ; but, ftarful o the 
 confequences of fuch an mdulgence, i mixed 
 fome rum and water very weak, and ^.iftributed 
 to every one a fmall quantity. 
 
 The fchooner being within hail, and hav- 
 ing made our fituation known, ihe hove to, and 
 received us on board; our boats being taken in 
 tow. The men could now with difficulty be 
 retrained from taking large and repeated 
 4caughts of water;, in confeqqcnce of which^ fe- 
 
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 ?«ral felt ^at inconvcQience from the iudden 
 difteotioD of their ilomachs ; but, by being aft«f« 
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 fiom off the coaft, we did not reach the lauding* 
 |)laoe at liland Cove till four o'clock in the 
 evening. All the women and children in the 
 village, with two or three fiOiermen (the reft of 
 the men being abiient), came down to the beach, 
 and appearing deeply affedled at our wretched 
 iituation, affifled ik) lifting us out of the vciTel, 
 iind afterwards in carrying us up the craggy 
 rocks ; over which we were obliged to pafs, to 
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 that we fell in with the land about Ifland Cove ; 
 a very few miles further to the northward, the 
 coaA is inaccefTible, and lined with dangerous 
 TCefs ot rocks, which, if we had feen them in 
 the night, we fhould have pufhed for ; for our 
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 folved to land at the firft place we could make; i 
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 pinelogs.The threeladies, Colonel Cooke, Captain 
 Thomas, the MaAer, and myfelf, were condu<^ed 
 to the houfe of Mr. Lilly, a planter, who received 
 us with great attention and humanity. This fmall 
 village afforded neither medical aid nor frefh 
 provifions, of which we flood fo much in need ; 
 potatoes and fait fifh being the only food of the 
 inhabitants. I determined, therefore, to lofe no 
 time in proceeding to St. John's, having hired a 
 fmall rchodlier for that purpofe. On the 7th of 
 July we embarked in three divilions, placing the 
 moft infirm in the fchooner ; the mafter's mate 
 having charge of the cutter, and the boatfvvain 
 of the jolly-boat: but fuch was the exhaufied 
 ft.itc of nearly the whole party, that the day waa 
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 cutler, and we were obliged foon after to come 
 to anchor, outfide of St. John's harbour. We 
 were under great apprehcnfions for the cutter*a 
 fafety, as ihe had no grapnel, and left: ihe 
 fhould be driven out to fea : but at daylight we 
 perceived her and the fchooner entering the har- 
 bour ; the cutter, as we afterwards learnt, having 
 had the good fortune to fall in with a fifhing 
 veflTel, to which they made faft during the 
 night. 
 
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 and myfelf, condui^ed by Mr. Lilly in the joliy- 
 boat, having left the fchooner when fhe anchor- 
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 treme darknefs of the night, reached the Ihore 
 about midnight. We wandered for fome time 
 about the flreets, there being no houfe open at 
 that late hour; but were at length admitted into 
 a finali houfe, where we paffcd the remainder of 
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 Early on the following day, our circumfldnces 
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 carried nine-and-twenty perfons fucL uiftancc 
 over a boifterous fea ; and when they beheld fo 
 many mtferable obje<^s, they could not conceal 
 their emotions of pity and concern. 1 waited on 
 Brigadier-general Skerrit, who commanded the 
 garrifon, and who immediately, upon being in- 
 formed of our fituation, ordered down a party of 
 Ibldiers to take the people out of the boats, and 
 with the utmofl kindnefs and humanity dired- 
 cd beds and every neceffary article to be pre- 
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 ten, as to require conftant furgical afliftance ; 
 and it was determined they fhould continue at 
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